Murray Wood: Going to seed, in a good way
Murray Wood says seed sales are taking off this spring. Food prices are likely convincing some to grow their own vegetab...
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Heat warnings to stay in effect until Friday
The record-setting heat wave in Saskatchewan will last only a couple more days. Then the temperatures will plummet ... to around 30 C. "It looks like today and tomorrow are really the last two days of...
Aug 19, 2020 (980 CJME file photo)
SHA warns of potential COVID exposure at Battleford store
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has issued a public advisory about a possible exposure to COVID-19 at a store in Battleford. In a media release, the SHA says people who visited the Co-op Food Store ...
Aug 19, 2020 The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter)
‘It is a tremendous relief:’ Saskatoon police provide details of Wednesday Amber Alert situation
After a search that began at 9 p.m. Tuesday, which included the activation of the Amber Alert system, a four-year-old Saskatoon girl was found safe Wednesday morning. In a media conference in front of...
Aug 19, 2020 (Saskatoon Police Service/Facebook)
MN-S regional leader under investigation after calling Eastern Metis ‘monkeys’ and ‘mongrels’
A Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MN-S) leader is under fire for comments he made, calling eastern Metis derogatory names in a slur-filled speech. Derek Langan, regional representative for Eastern Region 2...
Aug 18, 2020
‘I just want to stay home, and be safe:’ students react to Sept. return to school in a pandemic
We’ve heard a lot from the province, from parents and from the teachers union on the return to school on Sept. 8. But, one voice seems to be missing, which may be the most important: The student...
Aug 18, 2020
Sask. reports 16 more recoveries, one new COVID-19 case
The number of reported recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan surpassed 1,400 on Tuesday. In its daily update, the provincial government announced there had been 16 more recoveries recorded, increas...
Aug 18, 2020
Keeping sick people out of schools needs to be priority, Shahab says
As classes get set to resume, Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer says the big priority needs to be keeping sick people out of schools. Speaking on Gormley on Tuesday morning, Dr. Saqib Shahab...
Aug 18, 2020 Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
RCMP arrests another suspect in armed robberies
A second man has been charged in connection with two recent robberies in rural Saskatchewan, but the RCMP continues to search for two more people. On Tuesday, the Yorkton RCMP said it has charged four...
Aug 18, 2020 (RCMP/Submitted)
RCMP busts booze boat near Wollaston Lake
The RCMP says it made a significant seizure of alcohol from a boat on Sunday near Wollaston Lake. In a release, the RCMP says a boat was stopped after having come from Barge Landing and docking at Hat...
Aug 18, 2020
Heat warnings blanket Saskatchewan; Regina breaks record
The heat wave in Saskatchewan may have allowed Regina to break a century-old record Tuesday. According to Environment Canada, the temperature in the Queen City unofficially reached 35.9 C, or 96.6 F. ...
Aug 18, 2020
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Sarah Mills: We are feeling the pinch of rising prices, even beyond the gas pumps
Costs have already gone up with airlines. Parcel and delivery services could also increase, and even ride sharing may ja...
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The Evan Bray Show - Tuesday, April 14
On Tuesday's show, Evan talks about the Prime Minister's transition from minority to majority government, explores a pro...